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Ljink96 on 07 December 2017
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Cerebralbore101 said:
Ljink96 said: And why do we still think that traditional western 3rd party games sell Nintendo consoles? Nintendo and Japanese software have ALWAYS driven sales of hardware on Nintendo platforms. 

You really hit the nail on the head there. People forget that the N64 had trouble because Sony took all of Nintendo's Japanese 3rd party support.  PS1 and PS2 sold well because of Japanese 3rd party support. The western devs played a much smaller role in Sony's dominance. Don't believe me? Name a key western 3rd party game on PS1 or PS2 not developed by Rockstar. Xbox had all the best western 3rd party games, and they got their buts kicked during the PS2/Xbox/GC gen. 

The sad thing here is that many western 3rd party devs closed their doors during the 360/PS3 gen. During the XB1/PS4 gen the ones remaining are playing with microtransactions, premium editions, and day one DLC. 

Switch just needs Namco Bandai, Sega/Atlus, Capcom, Level 5, Square Enix, and Falcom for 3rd party support. They just need these companies putting a serious effort into good 3rd party games. So far Sega/Atlus is working on SMTV, Capcom could bring MHXX west, Level 5 still loves Nintendo, Square Enix has Octopath, and Falcom just need to bring YS/Trails to Switch (probably an easy port job). 

I know I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but this post isn't just meant for you. It's meant mostly for all those "Nintendo needs western 3rd party support" haters. 

Edit: Here you go kiddos. I've listed all 3rd party western games from 2017 that got above 79% on Opencritic minus PC exclusives and Indies. This is what Nintendo haters think Nintendo "needs" to be competitive. 

X-Com 2 (We have Mario x Rabbids though)

Injustice 2 (ridden with Day 1 DLC)

Pillars of Eternity Complete Edition

Assassin’s Creed Origins (Day 1 DLC and Microtransactions)

Destiny 2 (Microtransactions, Splatoon 2 is better)

Shadow of War (Microtransactions)

 

Prey

Oh my God, somebody who gets it! I couldn't have said it better myself. Falcom, Atlus/Sega as well, forogt all about them. And this isn't even about being biased towards Japanese support. It's just historically what has sold the best on Nintendo hardware. And Switch is getting decent western 3rd party support on top of their own IP and the renewed faith from Japanese 3rd parties. I just don't know how anyone could try to spin it negatively. I understand the meaning of your post and it is for that section of people you mentioned. Nintendo's hardware is capable of being carried by the same content creators on DS, 3DS, SNES, etc.